Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von
1811 - He was born in Gottingen on the 31st of March.
- He was professor at the universities of Marburg, Breslau and Heidelberg,
- Bunsen performed a series of researches with rubidium and cesium through the spectroscopic analysis.
- His name is associated to several Physics instruments like the Bunsen-burner (used in laboratory for heating through gas combustion).
- Bunsen-effuser (determines gas density by velocity measurement of gas drain through a small hole) and grase-spot photometer (used to compare intensity of similar light sources).
1899 - He died in Heidelberg on the 16th of August.
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